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[2] Raghunath no.:
[3] Srinivasan & Sankaranarayanan no.:
[4] Tsukamoto no.:
[5] Lüders no.:
[6] Support : 8 copper plates
[7] (Faces:) Lines:
[8] H: 2.75 in.
[9] W: 7.25 in.
[10] D: 1/6 in.
[11] H:
[12] W:
[13] Language(s): MIA + Sanskrit (imprecations only)
[14] Original locality: Kānukollu, Guḍivāḍa Tk., Krishna Dt.
[15] Present locality: Mr. B. V. Krishna Rao, M.A., B.L., Commissioner, Hindu Religious Endowments Board, Madras (acc. to ARIE)
[16] Primary bibliography: Krishna Rao 1955-56: 1-7
[17] Secondary bibliography: ARIE 1946-47: 1, no. A.1. — Bhārati, April 1950, 69ff. — Ramanatham 1949-50. — Chhabra et al. 1949:
46-7. — DLCPI 1887-1969: no. 861 ― Krishnan & Sundaram 1989: 67-70 (no. 33)
[18] Visual documentation: Ramanatham 1949-50. — Krishna Rao 1955-56.
[19] Substance of inscription: Gift of a village to Brahmins
[20] Remarks:
[21] : SA3 Kānukollu Plates Set No. 1
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expected and there is perhaps the trace of a second stroke visible that
would make this 2.</note></app><app loc="4"><lem source="bib:Krishna_Rao">mutuḍa-</lem><note>According to the reading of D.C. Sircar provided in editorial notes to
Krishna Rao’s article.</note><rdg source="bib:Krishna_Rao">mutyada-</rdg></app><app loc="9"><lem source="bib:Krishna_Rao">ya santisatthiyanaṁ</lem><note>According to the reading of D.C. Sircar provided in editorial notes to
Krishna Rao’s article.</note><rdg source="bib:Krishna_Rao">yasattisatthiyanaṁ</rdg></app><app loc="13"><lem>-rathākāra-</lem><note><bibl><ptr target="bib:Krishna_Rao"/></bibl> proposes to emend
<foreign xml:lang="pra-Latn">-rathakāra-</foreign>.</note></app><app loc="17–18"><lem>°a<unclear>no</unclear>māsaṁ</lem><note>Or has the scribe written <foreign xml:lang="pra-Latn">°aṇamāsaṁ</foreign>?</note></app><app loc="5b, LM"><note>The illegible sign could be a numeral.</note></app><app loc="29"><lem>paritussajjamha</lem><note>Emend <foreign xml:lang="pra-Latn">paritussejjamha</foreign>. We take
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what seems to be an <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">anusvāra</foreign>
actually the trace of the expected <foreign>-ā</foreign>?</note></app><app loc="38"><lem>hatthis<unclear>ā</unclear>m<unclear>i</unclear></lem><note>Or read <foreign xml:lang="pra-Latn">hatthisama</foreign> = <foreign xml:lang="pra-Latn">hatthasama</foreign>? Or <foreign xml:lang="pra-Latn">hatthisam<supplied reason="lost">uha</supplied></foreign>? Cf. EIAD <ref target="DHARMA_INSEIAD00160.xml">160</ref>, l. 14 <foreign xml:lang="pra-Latn">samuhāṇattī</foreign>.</note></app><app loc="39"><lem source="bib:Krishna_Rao">-puto koṁgala-</lem><note>According to the reading of D.C. Sircar provided in editorial notes to
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notes to Krishna Rao’s article.</note><rdg source="bib:Krishna_Rao">adappaggāha chetya varohati</rdg></app></listApp></div><div type="translation"><p n="1-6"> From the victorious city of Veṅgī, by the command of the glorious great
king Nandivarman, who is favored by (or: who has embraced) the feet of his lord
father, in the village of Piḍiha, the village headed by the <foreign xml:lang="pra-Latn">mutuḍa</foreign>, all
complete—the men of good family (<foreign xml:lang="pra-Latn">kulaputta</foreign>) and constables (<foreign xml:lang="pra-Latn">bhaḍamanussā</foreign>) [appointed to] all duties and services—are to be addressed (thus):</p><p n="7-15"> ‘For here by me, in order to increase our merit (<foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">dharma</foreign>), longevity and strength, and desiring the peace and prosperity of the infant crown-prince Khandapotta, has been given this village of Piḍiha, in accordance with the rules of the Rathakāra settlement, to the community of Caturvedins of the Rathakāra settlement, which
is capable of both of cursing and of showing kindness, which belongs to various
lineages and schools and is steeped in austerities as well the study of the
Vedas.</p><p n="16-30"> And I confer to this settlement these immunities: it is not to be
entered (by royal officers without permission); not to be interfered with; not
to be dug for salt; not to be controlled by the (superordinate) territory; not
to supply water-pots, boiled rice and cots; not to supply grass, betel leaves,
vegetables, flowers, fruit, curd, milk, ghee and butter-milk; etc. With these
exemptions and all other types of exemptions that have not been written due to
erroneous omission, you shall exempt (this village) and (also) cause (it) to be
exempted. Whosoever, failing to respect this edict, would cause trouble or
harassment, of him we would not approve.’</p><p n="1" rend="stanza">The king who does not rescue or sustain what is given by himself or given by another,
surely (<foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">dhruvam</foreign>) drinks the poison (named) <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">hālahala</foreign> from birth to birth.</p><p n="2" rend="stanza">By many land has been given and by many protected. Whoever holds land at a given moment, to him does the
fruit then belong.</p><p n="38-40"> Year 14, (fortnight of the) rainy season 2, day 1.
The executor is Hatthisāmi, (who is) the son of <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">mahārāja</foreign>, son of Koṁgala
(<foreign xml:lang="pra-Latn">mahārājaputo koṁgalaputto</foreign>), and the best among ministers (in charge of) the
seizure of (i.e. recovering, reclaiming) stolen goods (?).</p></div><div type="commentary"><p n="18-19"><term>°araṭṭhasaṁvina°ikaṁ</term><note>According to <bibl><ptr target="bib:Sircar1966"/>:
<citedRange>392</citedRange></bibl>, this MIA form corresponds to
Sanskrit <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">arāṣṭrasāṃvinayika</foreign> and <cit><quote>refers to the freedom of the gift land from the
administrative control to which the district in which it was
situated was subject</quote><bibl><ptr target="bib:Sircar1966"/>:
<citedRange>392</citedRange></bibl></cit>. Even though it may seem counter-intuitive because of the double
negation (<foreign>a-</foreign> and <foreign>vi-</foreign>), meanings of <foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">vinī</foreign>
such as “to instruct, to direct, to punish” allow this interpretation.
See also Senart 1902-03: 67-6; Mirashi and Mahajan 1921-22: 149; <bibl><ptr target="bib:Sircar1965"/>: <citedRange>199 n. 4</citedRange></bibl>.
For Pallava attestations, see Francis 2017: 461.</note><!-- CC: Some of the references are missing in EIAD_bibliography --></p><p n="38-40"><note>This passage is very obscure. Sircar believed that two executors
(Hatthisāmi and Vara) are mentioned, but we tentatively propose that the
second description applies to the same Hatthisāmi.</note></p><p n="40"><term>hadappag<unclear>g</unclear>āhamatya-</term><note>We follow Sircar’s suggestion that this word stands for Sanskrit
<foreign xml:lang="san-Latn">hr̥tapragrāhāmātya</foreign>, <cit><quote>i.e. an
<hi rend="italic">amātya</hi> or officer in charge of the seizure of stolen goods</quote><bibl><ptr target="bib:Krishna_Rao"/>: <citedRange>6</citedRange></bibl></cit>.</note></p></div><div type="bibliography"><p>First edited by <bibl><ptr target="bib:Krishna_Rao"/>:
<citedRange>1-7</citedRange></bibl>. Re-edited here from Krishna Rao’s
facsimiles. Readings of D.C. Sircar provided in editorial notes to Krishna Rao’s
article are cited <!--with the siglum DCS-->. As often, <foreign>d</foreign>,
<foreign>ḍ</foreign> and even <foreign>ṭ</foreign> are not
clearly distinguished. We have opted for the expected spellings.</p><listBibl type="primary"><bibl/></listBibl><listBibl type="secondary"><bibl><ptr target="bib:ARIE"/><citedRange>1946-47: 1, no. A.1</citedRange></bibl><bibl><ptr target="bib:Chhabra1949"/>:
<citedRange>46-7</citedRange></bibl><bibl><ptr target="bib:Ramanatham"/></bibl><bibl>Bhārati, April 1950, 69ff</bibl><!-- CC: How can I encode this reference ? --><bibl><ptr target="bib:Gai1969"/>: <citedRange>no.
861</citedRange></bibl><bibl><ptr target="bib:Krishnan1989a"/>: <citedRange>67-70 (no.
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